Modern Men take to Overeat as Cavemen, Way of Showing Off to Women
Probably it’s due to our growth from the era of cavemen when the powerful and fastest hunters would have the biggest bounty to eat. Or probably it’s just another example of the male feeling of what women like gone awry.
Researchers have find out that men tend to eat significantly more – nearly double – when in the arrival of the fairer sex and that this more Probably “motivated by a hardwired male urge to demonstrate prowess.”
The researchers, revealed this month in the journal Evolutionary Psychological Science, involved observing diners at an all-you-can eat Italian buffet. Men who were dining with at least one woman used 93 percent more pizza (the equivalent of 1.44 more slices) and 86 percent more salad than those who were exclusively in the company of other men.
The find move that men tend to overeat to show off, lead author Kevin Kniffin, a visiting assistant professor in applied economics and management, said. Instead of a feat of power, it’s a feat of eating.
The authors theorized that the overconsumption probably an unconscious way to signal their biological fitness – something that might have made sense in the distant past but that doesn’t make as much sense in a wealthy, modern day society digest with slim, fit bodies.
There been a lot of last work into the role of genital selection in eating change like anorexia or bulimia among women which presumes males tend to select mates who are slim. But there’s been significantly less on what’s known as “disordered eating” – such as binge eating contests that reward people for eating as many hot dogs or steaks as possible – in men and what drives this.
